>I wasn't speaking about GM union in particular, but unions in general. Like everything else, some are bad, some are good.

UAW is one of the biggest if not the biggest union in the US. They've got hooks in a lot more than the Auto industry.

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>But I agree with you that the governements should not have helped them.
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>>http://www.uaw.org/contracts/07/gm/gm11.php
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>>Make sure you read the section about ‘Protected Status Employee Pay Options’.
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>>Between continuing to design and build a fleet of gas hogs while gas prices spiraled up, up, and away, and being forced to deal with organized crime unions like the UAW, the US auto industry should be allowed to fail completely.
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>>Toss the UAW and management out on the street and start over from the ground up.